- Lead hands-on engineering and platform enablement across a large, complex Business Banking technology environment.
- Shape engineering standards, uplift developer experience and help delivery teams adopt modern ways of working.
- Build with cloud, automation, DevSecOps and AI-powered engineering practices as CommBank advances its technology estate.
Do Work That Matters
Business Banking Technology is on a mission to become Australia’s leading digital business bank. We partner closely with our business colleagues to solve real customer problems through technical innovation and empowered teams.
As a Principal Software Engineer in the Engineering and Platforms Centre of Excellence, you’ll provide hands-on technical leadership across Everyday Business Banking. You’ll build practical engineering solutions, strengthen platforms and practices, and help teams deliver secure, reliable and high-quality outcomes at pace.
See yourself in our team
Be part of a team that's passionate about helping Australian businesses succeed. In CommBank's Business Banking team, you'll partner with customers to support their ambitions, backed by market-leading technology, a collaborative culture and opportunities to grow your career.
You’ll join a team that connects delivery squads with central technology teams, helping close local engineering gaps and turn enterprise platforms, tools and strategies into practical outcomes. The team supports more than 75 delivery squads and 450 engineers, with a broad focus spanning platform enablement, cloud, DevSecOps, observability, automation and AI-powered engineering.
In this role, you will:
- Provide hands-on technical leadership, helping set engineering direction and mentoring senior engineers.
- Design, build and evolve platforms, tools and reusable capabilities that make engineering simpler and more effective.
- Establish engineering standards, patterns, guardrails and golden paths that improve quality and consistency.
- Partner directly with squads to uplift their engineering practices and support meaningful, sustainable adoption.
- Champion automation and AI-powered approaches across the software delivery lifecycle.
- Improve developer experience through self-service capabilities, standardised pipelines and reusable templates.
- Work with architecture, security, risk, data and engineering teams to deliver solutions aligned with enterprise standards.
- Strengthen observability, reliability, performance and cost optimisation as part of everyday engineering.
We’re interested in hearing from people who:
You’re a versatile, hands-on engineer who can move comfortably between software, platforms and infrastructure. You enjoy solving complex problems, building practical solutions and helping other engineers do their best work. We use a broad range of tools, languages and frameworks, so we don’t expect you to know everything. Experience across several of the following areas will set you up for success.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, with experience designing, coding and operating practical technology solutions.
- A language-agnostic mindset, supported by deep experience in one or more programming languages and the adaptability to work across different technology stacks.
- Deep understanding of modern software delivery, including DevSecOps, quality engineering, observability, reliability and release practices.
- Experience designing, building and operating cloud solutions, preferably on AWS, including infrastructure as code and continuous delivery pipelines.
- Experience with containers, platform runtime patterns, secure engineering, identity and access management, and automated controls.
- Capability using AI tools, patterns or workflows to improve engineering quality, productivity and outcomes.
- The ability to explain complex technical strategy clearly and bring diverse teams together around practical outcomes.
- A collaborative, curious and continuous improvement mindset, with a genuine interest in uplifting engineering capability at scale.
Working with us:
At CommBank, we're committed to creating an accessible, inclusive and respectful workplace. If you require support or adjustments, please let us know. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and we're particularly committed to making a positive difference for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For support, please contact 1800 989 696.
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Skills Required
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience designing, coding, and operating practical technology solutions
- Deep experience in one or more programming languages and adaptability across technology stacks
- Deep understanding of modern software delivery, including DevSecOps, quality engineering, observability, reliability, and release practices
- Experience designing, building, and operating cloud solutions, preferably on AWS
- Experience with infrastructure as code and continuous delivery pipelines
- Experience with containers, platform runtime patterns, secure engineering, identity and access management, and automated controls
- Capability using AI tools, patterns, or workflows to improve engineering quality, productivity, and outcomes
- Ability to explain complex technical strategy clearly and bring diverse teams together around practical outcomes
- Collaborative, curious, and continuous improvement mindset with interest in uplifting engineering capability at scale
Commonwealth Bank Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Commonwealth Bank and has not been reviewed or approved by Commonwealth Bank.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — The bank offers additional Life Leave, the option to purchase up to four extra weeks, pet leave, and paid volunteering leave alongside flexible-working options. Public materials indicate these leave features compare well within Australian banking.
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Parental & Family Support — Permanent employees can access up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave, and superannuation is paid for up to 34 weeks of unpaid parental leave. These provisions extend support for new parents beyond standard settings.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Access includes CBHS Health Fund, Fitness Passport, a 24/7 wellbeing platform with telehealth, an Employee Assistance Program, and employer‑paid income protection for up to two years, alongside staff banking perks and share plans. This combination provides day‑to‑day value across health, protection, and financial perks.
Commonwealth Bank Insights
What We Do
Australia’s leading provider of financial services including retail, premium, business and institutional banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance, investment and sharebroking products and services. We are a business with more than 800,000 shareholders and over 52,000 employees. We offer a full range of financial services to help all Australians build and manage their finances.
